Paul Douglas's Measurement of Production Functions and Marginal Productivities

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Previous articleNext article No AccessPaul Douglas's Measurement of Production Functions and Marginal ProductivitiesPaul A. SamuelsonPaul A. Samuelson Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Political Economy Volume 87, Number 5, Part 1Oct., 1979Part 1 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/260806 Views: 20Total views on this site Citations: 40Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1979 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Robert G. Chambers, Subhash C. Ray Neoclassical Production Economics: An Introduction, (Jun 2022): 3–48.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3455-8_18Jonathan Temple Jeff E. 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